South Africa’s Obscure Technologies partners with Pentera
2023-01-12
South Africa based Obscure Technologies announced that the company has partnered with Pentera, the leaders in automated security validation.Read More…
Crypto miners on the rise: Kaspersky
2022-12-24
In Q3 2022, Kaspersky researchers saw a sharp increase in crypto miner variants – an overall growth of over 230% compared to the same period last year. The number is three times more than in the third quarter of 2021 and now exceeds 150,000. Of all corporate users that wereRead More…
Ransomware still the primary threat for organisations
2022-12-21
Mimecast has released its latest State of Ransomware Readiness 2 report, revealing that ransomware has become a primary threat to organisations worldwide, with Middle Eastern companies not spared from the devastating impact of ransomware attacks.Read More…
Acronis launches cloud data center in South Africa
2022-01-27
Acronis, announced the availability of a new Acronis Cyber Cloud Data Center in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The new data center, one of the 111 new data centers being deployed by the company, gives service provider partners access to a full range of cyber protection solutionsRead More…
Protecting essential services from cyberattacks
2021-09-20
Mazen Dohaji, Vice President – iMETA, at LogRhythm explains how governments entities can protect their operations and citizens from major data breaches. Read More…
Kaspersky records over 2 million phishing attacks in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria in H1 2021
2021-09-15
There was a reduction in the number of phishing attacks recorded and blocked by Kaspersky (www.Africa.Kaspersky.com)in South Africa (17% decline), Kenya (48% decline), and Nigeria (13% decline) for the first half of this year when compared to the same period in 2020. While the decline does suggest and support researchRead More…
90% of IT decision-makers across Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe amplify their focus on Cyber Security
2021-09-08
Over 90% of IT decision makers across South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe have accelerated their Cyber Security due to the substantial emergence of digital ways of working. This according to the latest 2021 research undertaken by leading pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies.Read More…
Cyberattacks in Africa comparable to other parts of the globe
2021-07-22
Although Africa is not necessarily considered a focus area for the more sophisticated types of cybercriminal activity such as targeted attacks or advanced persistent threats (APTs), the continent is certainly not immune to these or other types of cyber risks, warn Kaspersky researchers.Read More…